FIFI Wild Cup
Tournament details | |
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Host country | File:FC St Pauli skull and crossbones.svg Republic of St. Pauli (official)![]() |
Dates | 29 May – 3 June |
Teams | 6 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | File:FC St Pauli skull and crossbones.svg Republic of St. Pauli |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 10 |
Goals scored | 33 (3.3 per match) |
The FIFI Wild Cup was an alternative FIFA World Cup, held from 29 May to 3 June 2006 in Germany. It was run by Federation of International Football Independents (FIFI). FIFI was a body made up of countries not recognized by FIFA, and those whose logistics preclude them from playing representative football. The Millerntor-Stadion, in Hamburg, hosted all the tournament matches.
The tournament was sponsored by an online gambling consortium. Hosted in the Hamburg borough of St. Pauli, Germany, this tournament enabled disputed political entities to play in international competition.
According to organizer Jorg Pommeranz, FIFI had to overcome various obstacles, namely China and FIFA applying pressure to exclude Tibet, as well as visas for the players of Northern Cypriot to enter Germany.[1] The tournament winners were the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Spectator attendance was reported as “relatively weak” in June 2006, with an average of four hundred, thus a second version was deemed unlikely.[2]
Participants
Greenland — an autonomous country within the Danish Realm, and under the control of the Football Association of Greenland
Northern Cyprus — an unrecognized state, under the control of Cyprus Turkish Football Federation
Zanzibar — part of Tanzania, but member of CAF
Gibraltar — a British Overseas Territory claimed by Spain. In May 2013, Gibraltar became a member of UEFA. In May 2016, the country became a member of FIFA.
Tibet — an autonomous region of China
- File:FC St Pauli skull and crossbones.svg Republic of St. Pauli — representing the St. Pauli area of Hamburg, the host city
Group stage
Group A
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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File:FC St Pauli skull and crossbones.svg Republic of St. Pauli | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 |
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 |
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0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −12 |
Republic of St. Pauli File:FC St Pauli skull and crossbones.svg | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Hakan Demirci ![]() |
Lee Casciaro ![]() |
Republic of St. Pauli File:FC St Pauli skull and crossbones.svg | 7–0 | ![]() |
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Abdul Yilmaz ![]() Hakan Demirci ![]() Dennis Daube ![]() |
Group B
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
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0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 |
Northern Cyprus ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Ali Oraloglu ![]() |
Northern Cyprus ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Agrey Morris ![]() Derviş Kolcu ![]() Çagan Cerkez ![]() |
Salum Ussi ![]() |
Knockout stage
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
![]() | 2 | |||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
![]() | 0 (4) | |||||
![]() | 0 (1) | |||||
File:FC St Pauli skull and crossbones.svg Republic of St. Pauli | 1 | |||||
![]() | 2 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||
File:FC St Pauli skull and crossbones.svg Republic of St.Pauli | 1 |
Semi-finals
Northern Cyprus ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Ali Oraloglu ![]() Dylan ![]() |
Third place match
Final
Northern Cyprus ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Northern Cyprus won 4–1 on penalties |
External links
- (in German) Willkommen beim FIFI Wild Cup 2006 Official website of the tournament
- Also-rans find World of own New York Daily News article on the tournament
- The Clash of the Lilliputians Spiegel Online news article with detailed coverage of the tournament
See also
References
- ^ "Filip Bondy: Also-rans find World of own". www.nydailynews.com. Archived from the original on 21 June 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2006.
- ^ "Nordzypern feiert ausgelassen Triumph beim "Fifi Wild Cup"" (in German). welt.de. 6 June 2006. Retrieved 22 December 2013.